Edwards Resigns as President of Car Company
Edwards resigns after nearly thirty years as president of the La Crosse street railway. Peter Walier, former superintendent, becomes general manager and will oversee active operations. No new president is named yet, with W. W. Cargill to lead until directors appoint a successor. Edwards cites ill health and fatigue, intends rest, and will keep stock in the company. Shaw denies plans to resign. will continue duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B&b
BE. Edwards
Mms
la Crosse Y Railway Company
I la Crosse
Hison
Peter Walier
Edwards
W. W. Cargill
Couiny
F. P. Hixon
The
Walier
Hixon
City Street Railway Company
la Crosse Street Railwaympany
la Crosse City Peel
Shaw
of Directors
Greatest Auto Race at Indianapolis Ends in Spectacle
Indianapolis motors meet features a six hour grind with top drivers like Oldfield and Zengel entered. Barney Oldfield wins the Remy Grand Brazzard trophy earning a $75 weekly stipend while records fall including Oldfield’s 29.9 second kilometer at 85 mph. De Palma and De Palma's Fiat push strong showings as Harroun and others contend in handicap events. Eddie Hearne of Chicago is noted among participants.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Lytle
Accercs McCulah
Matlomec
Oldfield
Stoddard
Darton
Clemens
Dayton
Miller Ear
de Palma
Buick
Csvesesse- Ellis
Marior
Stutz
Marmon
Cees
Harroun
Stoldard-Dayton
de Hymel
Marm
Ccccovese Stillman
Amorticar
Remy
Zengel
Chadwick
Benz
Christie
Croker
Peerless
Strang
Fiat
American Racing Board
Barney Oldfield
Teday
Kinkaid
Dewitt
Marion
Kincaid
Eddie Hearne
Chicago
Mrs Cullom Laid To Rest In Springfield
Mrs Shelby M. Cullom, wife of the Illinois senator, was buried in Oak Ridge cemetery after brief services at the First Presbyterian Church. The family pastor Dr D L Logan spoke as pallbearers, all prominent men in official life, attended by Governor and state officials.
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Springfield
Ill
Shelby M. Cullom
Illinois
Oak Ridge Cemetery
D. L. Logan
Freeburg Girl Disappears While Visiting near Minneapolis
Catherine Zellner a 17 year old Freeburg girl left home Aug 1 to visit her sister in Minneapolis but did not arrive. She was last traced to La Crosse and is missing despite search by her father and local police. She wore a blue suit, has light hair blue eyes and a medium build.
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Minneapolis
Catherine Zellner
Minn
Miss Zeliner
la Crosse
Harriman Son Reported Lost In Forest Fire
Spokane August 21 scores of campers woodsmen and surveyors including Everett Harriman son of E H Harriman are missing and in danger as a forest fire sweeps the Coeur d Alene Indian reservation. Search parties from the Oregon Railroad and Navigation company have found no trace and no word on the magnates son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Everett Harriman
E. H. Harriman
Coeur d'Alene Indian
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Farkiman
Newark widow pursues alleged mining killers to Nevada
Mrs G L Kenp of Newark New Jersey leaves San Bernardino to chase a gang of alleged wild cat miners she believes caused her husband death. She travels to Goldfield Nevada seeking clues and justice.
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San Bernardino
Cal
G. L. Kenp
Newark
N. J
Goldfield
Nev
Incubator Baby Stolen In Topeka Kidnapping
Two men and a woman abduct Marion Roberta Bleakley known as the incubator baby from her mother’s Topeka home during August 21. The assailants arrived by buggy fired shots then drove away as police form a posse to pursue them from the St. Louis world fair figure.
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Topeka
Kansas
Marion Roberta Bleakley
Bleakley
Posce
Fire on gasoline launch endangers three on river near Brownsville
Charles Niebuhr Holton Bertelson and George Holtzhammer faced possible explosion after a gasoline leak ignited aboard a launch towing a Crosby slough barge. Ashes from a cigarette sparked the blaze. blankets smothered the fire. All three suffered blistering but were saved with minor damage to the boat.
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Mississippi
Brownsville
Charles Niebuhr
Holton Bertelson
George Holtzhammer
Holtzhammer
Crosby Slough
Niebuhr
Death by own action or accident in late J. T. Simpson case
W. H. Mulvey writes from Portland giving mixed views on J. T. Simpson former La Crosse hotel owner and Banana Crate investor. He cites head pain insomnia and laudanum kept for toothache saying others doubt lethal dose and advocate giving him the benefit of the doubt.
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J. T. Simpson
la Crosse
A. B. Moll
W. H. Mulvey
Simpson
Portland
Mr. Simpson
Banana Crate Company
Ww. H. Mulvey
Trans-Mississippi Congress Elects Officers
The Trans-Mississippi congress elected I. T. Pryor of Texas as president, A. C. Trombo of Oregon as vice president, and Arthur Francis of Missouri as secretary.
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Denver Col
I. T. Pryor
Texas
A. C. Trombo
Oregon
Arthur Francis
Missouri
Railway magnate sleep in haystack near Great Falls
Louis W. Hill president of the Great Northern railway was forced to spend a night in a haystack after his car bogged in a mud hole near Fort Shaw. A local settler offered bed and supper but pointed to a haystack. A search party found Hill and his chauffeur asleep in the haystack.
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Great Falls
Mont
Louis W. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Helena
Fort Shaw
River engineer earns Carnegie hero nod for steamer rescue
Peoria Illinois August 21 engineer J B Carskadon called the modern Jim Bludsoe stayed at his post aboard the burning steamer Fred Swain until passengers escaped. He kept the starboard engine running and the boat near shore as decks burned. he was not fatally injured.
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Peoria
J. B. Carskadon
Jim Bludsoe
Fred Swain
Illinois River
Thun
Carsadon
Boston Engineer probes La Crosse City Railway plant
William Edmunds of Boston an electrical engineer connected with Eastern capitalists studied the La Crosse City Railway plant and equipment on Tuesday. He informed the plant’s president that further contact would be via Boston and hinted the board would consider the lowest cash price. Company officials denied knowledge of his visit and news of his findings prompted speculation of a possible sale or change.
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William Edmunds
Boston
Mass
la Crosse
Mr. Edmunds
B. B. Edwards
Board of Directors
la Crosse Water Power Company
Father Dies of a Broken Heart In Chicago Headlines
John Morgan, father of Mrs Norah Cleminson whose husband is jailed for her murder, died in South Haven Michigan of a broken heart. Morgan's body was sent to Chicago for interment as Cleminson faces trial over his wife’s suspicious death. Morgan's daughters blame Cleminson for their father's grief and demise.
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Chicago
John Morgan
Norah Cleminson
South Haven
Mich
Morgan
Haldane Cleminson
Cleminson
Jewelers Wife Strangled in Store Robbery
In Trinidad Coc. a jeweler's wife, Mrs. D Goldman, was found strangled with a handkerchief tied around her throat inside her husband's store. The crime followed a looting of the shop. One suspect has been arrested.
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Trinidad, Coc
Weather across Midwest warms with scattered showers
Wisconsin warms to as high as 78 while La Crosse records 56. Forecasts show fair skies then warmer for tonight and Sunday with increasing clouds and showers likely in western portions. Minnesota and Iowa expect unsettled or partly cloudy conditions with warmer temperatures and possible showers, as rivers remain steady or rise slightly.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Probe death of a shrewd politician in Buffalo story
District Attorney W C Dudley will investigate rumors surrounding the death of Victor Speer secretary to Mayor Adams and noted clubman. An autopsy is expected to reveal the true cause of death.
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Buffalo
N. Y
W. C. Dudley
Victor Speer
Adams
Pressed Steel Car Chief Charged with Peonage
F. N. Hoffstat president of the Pressed Steel Car company faced federal charges of peonage filed in the U S district court in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
F. N. Hoffstat
Pressed Steel Car Company
United States District Court
McGuire Appointed Manager of the Naps Cleveland
Jim McGuire was named manager of the Cleveland Naps today in a named official appointment event. The move places McGuire at the helm of the team for the upcoming season.
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M'Guire
NAPS
Cleveland
Jim McGuire
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